Looking to get into Photography - Camera Suggestions?

DezUk

DezUk

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So was recently made redundant and have much more time on my hands and have always been interested in photography. Have owned a few bridge cameras and like to think I have an eye for a good photo but have never played with ISO and Aperture settings etc, just point n click.

So I was thinking about getting into the dSLR world and had my eye on a Nikon d3000. Would this be something worth considering?

My budget would be around the £300 mark and that would have to include the camera and lens.

Cheers!
 
Ok I see there are newer models of that range these days so should I be considering them or maybe looking at Canon?

I would also like to use the camera to shoot the odd bit of interview style videos i.e. mounting it on a tripod and recording candidate interviews. Would the d3000 be suitable for that?
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll do some reading up and see whats what. I am a total n00b so would be starting from scratch on how to take a decent shot with depth of field etc.

Also have some Apple bits n bobs to sell to help fund the camera ;)
 
Well I did have a Panasonic Fz7 bridge camera and I did briefly start to get into some manual settings along with Lightroom editing until someone stole it :(

So looking to get back into it with a better camera this time.
 
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I have been doing a wee bit of reading and see that to get that nice DOF look you really want a 50mm lens and thats the standard 18/55 lens isn't that much use?

WWould I be better buying the body and the lens separate?
 
Thanks for the advice lads, plenty to be going on with for now. I'll be back when I'm closer to a purchase :)
 
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